The Rough Guide to Sweden 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Rough Guide Travel Guides | Publication Date: July 28, 2003

The Rough Guide to Sweden is an insider''s guide to one of Europe''s least known countries. This fully revised and updated third edition includes a 24pp full-colour section introducing the country''s highlights. Following chapters give the inside track on where to stay, eat and drink and exhaustive accounts of how to get around and see the best this beautiful country has to offer. ''The best guide for foreign visitors to Sweden'' Dagens Nyheter, Sweden''s biggest-selling daily. ''The best guide to the country'' The Telegraph, London. ''The best guidebook, proved invaluable'' The Times, London.

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About the Author

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of 'Euronews' and 'Global', on BBC Radio Five Live. Neil Rowland trained as a lawyer, and now writes travel pieces for the daily broadsheets. His first novel, 'The Best Will in the World' is being published in 2003.

Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 3rd edition (July 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184353066X
• ISBN-13: 978-1843530664
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,952,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good guide overall, but --, June 25, 2005

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kimberly2000 "kimberly2000" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Sweden 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I just have to correct one piece of erroneous information. The guide states that you can't buy ordinary painkillers over the counter in Sweden and counsels readers to BYO aspirin. (!) Untrue. You may not find aspirin, panadol etc at the corner market, but you can buy them over the counter at a pharmacy (apotek) without a prescription.

Other than that, the book is of typically thorough Rough Guide quality and for my purposes (a brief visit to Stockholm) it was more than adequate as a city guide (but do invest in a separate street/road map).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great guide, but always worth doing more research..., May 29, 2006

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J. McGrath (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Sweden 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

When planning my trip to Sweden, this was the first book I purchased. In the end, it also turned out to be the most useful of the four Sweden travel books I purchased, not including a detailed Swedish atlas. Gives GREAT detail about some of the lesser-travelled cities and things to do off the beaten path...moreso that the Frommer's book - although Frommer's is certainly worth having. The book is very useful and easy to understand, as well as being divided into sections geographically. The only downside as far as I'm concerned was the lack of photographs, BUT - once I got to Sweden - the real thing was better than anything a photo would have shown me anyway.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid if you intend to travel by car, August 25, 2005

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Greg S. (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Sweden 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This book assumes from the beginning that you'll be traveling by train. Unfortunately, it doesn't bother to mention that fact anywhere on the cover or in the intro. You obviously realize it when you start reading it, but in my case it was already too late. It is one of the bigger guides on Sweden available though, and if you'll be traveling by rail, and don't mind complete lack of pictures, this guide's for you.